Pout!

Insert "her"! Dammit!

Ouchies! ((((((Beverly))))))

Sounds good. What kind of stretch is it? Woven with Lycra, or a knit? Either way sounds good.

I've been making a toile for a wedding outfit (MoG), and battling voile! I'm also trying to ignore a nasty bite that has swollen up my whole right ankle and ITCHES LIKE CRAZY!

Oh and muttering ebrocations about a pattern not turning up that I'm supposed to have the toile for ready for tomorrow's fitting! If it gets here with the post at lunchtime I MIGHT JUST get it done! This will be another voile toile! ;)

Thanks!

Woven, I'm guessing with Lycra/Spandex. She bought both pieces while I was looking for other stuff. Six inches stretches to

Topical Benadryl! Or, my DH's favorite "Cures everything remedy" Campho-Phenique. Or Mom's "stop-the-itch" formula, apply a paste of baking soda ;-)

Good luck!

Beverly

I've never 'eard of that woid, Kate. Did you perhaps mean "imprecations" or is this one of those esoteric family constructions?

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Wishful thinking? (At age 51, I'm def in the average, not so perky group.)

Good luck on all the sewing and here's hoping your flare calms down in short order.

Hi Beverly, Sorry to hear about your arthritis. Do you have any medicine that works? I like that pattern. I have recently begun sewing blouses (with all my Hawaiian print fabric). I looked at the one but got this one instead:

Kirsten

I missed the 'm' out: should read 'embrocations'. ;) Comes in the same set as casting nasturtiums rather than aspersions - a Malapropism perpetrated (deliberately for fun) by my dad and adopted forever by the family.

I can so relate....my sympathies. It's so frustrating to want to sew, but not be able to because of finger and hand pain.

Hope it settles down for you soon.

-Irene

At 67, mine gave up being perky a loooong time ago!

Thanks! I did get a lot of machine sewing done today, plus I just mowed the lawns. Probably won't help the arthritis any....

Beverly

I take Celebrex, and for the most part it keeps things on an even keel. I think the middle finger-left thumb are sore because they are in such constant use when I do *hand* stitching, which is

Too large in what other places? Like, across the back? Or the collar? Or ??? Maybe you could cut the front from one size, and cut everything else using the next size smaller? Just be sure you make the small adjustments for the neckband and collar, too.

Oh, I put in several hours at the SM today, I just can't do *hand stitching*.

Mid-June to early July. Yeah!!!

Beverly

Thanks. I iced my hands last night, and if I have to I can increase my Rx a bit, so I'm sure I'll be fine soon.

Beverly

Oh yes, we know all about casting nasturtiums in our family. Gets us exremely aggrannoyed!!

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Casting nasturtiums is not as bad as giving someone an old tomato. I hate that.

I'm so sorry you are having this pain. DH used to get similar pains, could hardly hold some things there for a while, but someone recommended he take Glucosamine and Chondroitin. He was warned it might not work, but tried it for a couple of months and it made a HUGE difference. He wouldn't be without it now. Apparently it only works for about 50% of people, which is why some swear by and and others swear at it. If you haven't tried it, you might give it a go.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I have recently begun sewing blouses (with all my

Hint. This is why many of us have gone over to pattern drafting software.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I relate to the "could hardly hold some things..." bit, and it gets more and more difficult to open jars etc., too. I take two tablets of Glucosamine 1500MG/Chondroitin Sulfate 1200mg every day and have been for a few years. The benefit was great when I first started taking it, I think eventually the effect gets less and less. I still take it, though, every day. Can't hurt, right? I just know one of these days researchers will find a really effective treatment. In the mean time, I just keep plugging away.

Beverly

Beverly

What about heat? I've found that even holding my hands under hot water for a while seems to help. I've tried dripping candlewax, too, but that only does for a small joint. I've seen parafin baths, though, and thought that would feel lovely.

For jars, I couldn't do without my thin rubber pieces. They usually are give aways, with advertising of some kind on them, but I swear by them. The ones in the stores are too thick and stiff. I always have several handy, one for the lid, one to hold the jar.

You need to learn how to properly alter a smaller size for a large bust. THen I guarantee (speaking from personal experience) that you will have a nicer fit.

If you don't want the dart in a shirt, then gather or pleat the dart allowance into the side seam (gathering works for most, but I have 4 inches of dart uptake so I have to pleat mine). It works best in drapier and lighter fabrics, but I have used it for heavier fabrics also.

I have received such mixed advice about heat vs. cold. The finger joint was so inflamed looking, red, swollen, tender to the touch, that I decided to ice it. It almost appeared to be like a "jammed digit" injury, but I know I didn't jam it.

I have a great little gadget I've had since we moved into this house (anybody else remember "Welcome Wagon"?) ;-) It's hard to describe, but it has two parts, which you move until they are the size of the lid, then clamp down and twist. Works every time. Trouble is I need to also have a good grip on the jar with the other hand, and sometimes *that* hand is also giving me fits. Of course the old rap-the-edge-of-the-lid-on-the-counter works in a pinch. Or running hot water over the lid.

I don't know, maybe I better get married again......

Naaaahhhh

Beverly